HS GOLF: Lady Mustangs win 6th TAPPS 4A state title

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Published 2:45 pm, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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The Midland Christian girls golf team won the TAPPS 4A Girls State Championship on Tuesday at Twin Rivers Golf Course in Waco. From left to right, Christen Curnutte, Lynley Lewis, Sara Calvin, Loren Cheatham, Madison Warpula. less

The Midland Christian girls golf team won the TAPPS 4A Girls State Championship on Tuesday at Twin Rivers Golf Course in Waco. From left to right, Christen Curnutte, Lynley Lewis, Sara Calvin, Loren Cheatham, ... more

HS GOLF: Lady Mustangs win 6th TAPPS 4A state title

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WACO -- The Midland Christian girls golf team took a challenge from coach Kevin Wallum to heart to play better on Tuesday, and the Lady Mustangs responded.

Midland Christian shot a 325 on the final day of the TAPPS 4A Girls State Golf Championships to its sixth state championship going away at Twin Rivers Golf Course in Waco. The Lady Mustangs finished 24 strokes ahead of Corpus Christi Incarnate Word in the team standings.

Wallum said his squad was not necessarliy frustarted with its first round score, but he said they also knew they could play better. The team won its second straight title and sixth overall on Tuesday.

"Last night we talked about since we have a 10-shot lead, if you are in trouble, get out of trouble because there is a whole lot of it on this golf course," Wallum said. "I challenged them to play better. We shot 340, and I told them, 'All of you know we are better than 340, so let's go put up a number and the girls responded.'"

Midland Christian's cause was not only helped by an even par 72 from Christian Curnutte, but also top-10 performances from Lynley Lewis and Loren Cheatham.

Curnutte finished second, while Lewis folled up a first-round 84 with a second-round 77 to finish fifth and Cheatham shot a second straight 85 to finish tied for eighth. All three players earned all-state recognition for their performance.

"Everybody lit up whenever they heard (Lynley's) scores," Wallum said. "She said they heard about that and her being that good, it really put us in a good situation."

The MCS boys squad shot 16 strokes better on Tuesday after firing a 319 and finished in fifth spot at 654 for the tournament. District rival Fort Worth Southwest Christian won the tournament with a 627 total over two days.